Murray, James

To His Excellency
Lord C. H. Somerset
Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope
&c &c &c
The Memorial of James Murray
_ near Caffir Drift _
Humbly Sheweth
That your Memorialist has had
unfortunately taken from him thirty
Nine head of Cattle by the Caffres, and
has lost about twenty four more by
the Storm &c. _
That your Memorialist has
still left about Sixty head of Cattle
and has ten Acres of Ground in a good
State of Cultivation _
That your Memorialist humbly
prays your Excellency will be pleased
to grant him a Loan of Six hundred
Rix Dollars _ for which he will give
good Security, And your
Memorialist as in duty bound
will ever pray &c. &c.

Caffir Drift
28. Octr 1824
James Murray